Tom Shilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08.03.2006 17:27:21: > I have just installed SuSE SLES 9 on zVM 5.1. It is Service Pack 0 but > fully patched. It is not finding the vdisks that I allocated for swap. > Googling around seems to indicate that it won't work on 64-bit, although > there is a private patch that does make it work. Does someone have the > latest status on this?
I don't know about that 'private patch', but: z/VM 5.2: Block I/O (Diagnose X'250'): Extended to allow a virtual machine to specify parameter addresses and I/O buffers with addresses above 2 GB. This will benefit operating systems that use DIAGNOSE code X'250' in a 64-bit environment. IBM is working with its Linux distribution partners to exploit this function in future Linux on System z9 and zSeries distributions or service updates. (http://www.vm.ibm.com/pubs/HCSF8B10.PDF) Linux 2.6.14: Add support for diag 250 access to dasd devices for 64 bit kernels. (http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0508.3/1218.html) SLES9 (including latest service packs) does not include this Linux support though. Regards, Peter Oberparleiter -- Peter Oberparleiter Linux on zSeries Development IBM Development Lab, Boeblingen/Germany ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
